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The 'akhaad parties' were an initiative of BJP MLA Mahesh Landge, who is also BJP president of Pimpri-Chinchwad unit and is popular as 'pahalwan' in Bhosari and beyond.
Following Sharad Pawar’s shock decision to quit as NCP chief, many assumed his nephew and senior leader Ajit Pawar would take over the mantle. However, now several party men want his daughter and three-time MP Supriya Sule to lead them. They believe she has great leadership skills and good ties with other parties, which will keep them in good stead
Pawar also said Congress leader K C Venugopal had come to meet him and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray.
The developments in Maharashtra are hotting up with claims that 40 MLAs are backing Ajit Pawar, the nephew of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.
Dismissing speculations of a split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), senior party leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has said there is 'no truth in rumours' of him joining the BJP.